Should We Break Out the Champagne for The New Pandemic Treaty?

It was a long time coming, but on April 16, delegates at the World Health Organization released a final draft of a much-anticipated—and hotly debated—treaty on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. A French delegate to the talks proposed a champagne toast at three in the morning—but should we really be clinking glasses?

Anjali and Mark dissect what’s in this new accord and why it’s so significant that the United States wasn’t even in the room. (Remember: Trump withdrew the U.S. from the WHO earlier this year.) So what does this agreement reveal about the kind of multilateralism that’s possible in the Trump era? And what comes next for actually implementing the accord? Listen and learn!

But first, Mark reports on the heightened anxiety that permeated a major nuclear security conference in Washington, D.C., this week—just ahead of a key meeting of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty “Preparatory Committee,” which is convening at the UN next week.

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